Cellano Ket's Questionnaire

Cellano lives in Prague. She ended up there after fleeing her maker, and was able to procure enough money to buy a small piece of land. On it, she built a small establishment where she could rest, and trade small goods.

As luck would have it, as the years went by, this area ended up being a lucrative place for business. By teaming up with local, savvy-minded sorts, Cellano managed to set up her buisness to make enough money to sustain itself, and her few needs.

Cellano's home is the establishment. There's a room in the back that's furbished to be a bedroom. The shop is a pretentious little place that sells books, tea, and alcohol. A novel experience that attracts tourists mainly, and some curious locals. Its offerings manages to keep a select few regulars coming back.

Cellano earns money from her place of business, A Novel Experience. The place makes a respectable amount from bar and cafe sales, but not an insignificant amount from book sales. But businesses take money to run. Much of her earned money goes back into keeping the buisness going and her employees well-paid.

What she has left she spends on her few needs. Since regular food isn't something she needs to consume, she spends it instead on buying high-end bedding material when it needs to be replaced, repairs and maintenance on her small scooter (which she hardly uses), and updating her wardrobe with modern clothing pieces.

Cellano wants peace. A simple life. A steady routine. The mundanity of day-to-day. She's willing to kill for it. She'd kill the hunter who came looking for her, if she could. If it hadn't been for her, her life would continue being a pleasant, predictable thing. She'd kill her maker if she could, knowing only his death would guarantee her peace from him.

She was from an era where killing your enemies was seen as honorable, as what a man did to keep himself and his family safe and the quality of his life secure. She internalized that lesson into herself, and still sees it as true even if modern sensibilities would disagree.

But, the thing is, she has no power to kill. No connections to fall back or rely on. No strength to back her convictions or protect her way of life. And she needs it, now. Especially with this hunter stirring up problems at her door.

Being turned changed her life. Not the turn itself, see. Yes, adapting to the new restrictions was a learning curve. Yes, she never asked to be turned, nor truly wanted it. But she was raised to accept that her wants were nowhere near paramount. So when a man, well-established and powerful, wanted her, it was his want that was contended with. So, when he turned her, her not liking it was simply par-the-course. She contended with it, despite how she felt, because that was how she knew life to be.

What changed her was the power that came with vampirism. And slowly, that rush that came with exuding power made her bolder. Made her begin to strive for what she wanted.

He was never cruel, but demanded much from her. He was happy to oblige her, if it fit into the scope of what he deemed appropriate for her. And while she had plenty of comforts, he was not afraid to curb her freedom when she pushed against his will.

And one day, it was not enough. The world he'd carved out for her was not enough.

But something happened after she ran off and set up her small place in what would be Prague. Her ambition faded, and all she wanted to do was sleep. She didn't know why, but she was too tired to question it. She simply did just that, set herself up so she could sleep, on and off, through the ages, until now...